- Date Of Birth: April 4, 1936
- Date Of Death: April 6, 2021
- State: Nebraska
Wanda Lee Wright, 85, died on Tuesday April 6, 2021 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Wanda was born on April 4, 1936 to Lester and Margaret (Andersen) Burge in Cowles NE. Wanda attended school at Hastings High School through the 11th grade. She, later in her adult life after her children were grown, achieved her GED through Hastings Community College.
Wanda worked in Hastings for several years at the box factory when she met the love of her life, Leland Wright. Lee and Wanda were married on November 22, 1955 and moved to Lincoln NE. While in Lincoln Wanda was a housewife and mother.
In 1961 Lee and Wanda and their 3 children moved to Blue Hill, NE where they spent the next 55 years. For 20 of those years they owned Lee’s Conoco. Wanda continued as a housewife and mother and also drove school bus.
Wanda is proceeded in death by her parents, Lester and Margaret (Andersen) Burge, her brother Calvin Burge, brother Ronald Burge and his wife Sharon, by her sisters, Marcelyne (Burge) Coutts and her husband Eugene, by her sister Donna (Burge) Goedert and her husband Paul, brother in law Vern Allen, and daughter Rhonda (Wright) Cox. She is survived by her sister Shirley Allen of Hastings, NE, sister in law Ardyce Burge of Blue Hill NE, son Mike (Angie) Wright of Waco, NE, son Rod (Bev) Wright of Chappell, NE, son-in-law Steve Cox of Omaha, NE, 11 Grandchildren and 20 Great grandchildren.
